У94
УМА ПАЛАТА (у кого)
coll,
occas. ironNPInvarusu. used as
VP subj/
gen with бытье (pres or, rare, past) or as
subj-compl with бытье (
subj:
humanfixed WO s.o. is very intelligent: у X-a ума палата = X has a lot of brains
X is (as) smart as they comeX is (as) smart as a whipX is (as) sharp as a tackX is big (long) on brains.
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У95 →← У93